Example sentences of "is the only [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you hear about these floating islands of garbage in the Pacific , it makes it a little less appealing , but it feels like the sea is the only wilderness left . |
| 2 | It is the only seawater I have ever swum in which infects rather than heals an open wound . |
| 3 | although that is the only error I 've made in these figures I , not myself |
| 4 | The local district general hospital is the only possibility . |
| 5 | The helicopter evacuation is the only possibility of getting anywhere near it . ’ |
| 6 | Simon Coombs is the only Tory in the Central South area seriously threatened by Labour . |
| 7 | The Metropole is the only hotel in Bellagio situated right on the lakeside , as well as being in the village centre , it is in fact one of the finest locations in Bellagio . |
| 8 | Dining is a special occasion here ; this is the only hotel we know where china is Rosenthal and silver cutlery is used ! |
| 9 | This is the only hotel in Venice to back onto St Mark 's Square and gives unbeatable views of the basilica . |
| 10 | This is the only contract we will have with our client should we have to pursue payment via legal means . |
| 11 | Effective designing is the only activity that can make this tangible . |
| 12 | But for those who have no alternative it is the only choice . |
| 13 | All in all , he still believes that the mainframe is the only choice for big companies . |
| 14 | It is highly probable that many men will claim a belief that the girl was over 16 since , if sexual intercourse has taken place , this is the only defence available to the charge . |
| 15 | However , it is the only scheme on the table . |
| 16 | The Midland Centre for Neurosurgery and Neurology is the only centre in the United Kingdom able to provide such a pioneering operation which is only available through the N.H.S. If Mr. Thorpe had not been in a fortunate position of being able to register with a G.P. in a different Health Authority , he would not have had his operation . |
| 17 | The Department of Scandinavian Studies is the only centre in Scotland — and one of the few in Britain — for the study of Scandinavian languages and cultures . |
| 18 | hello there this week our summer sporting action is whitewater rafting … we 've come to the water sports centre at Holme Pierrepoint which is the only centre of its kind in Britian … |
| 19 | Ehret was responsible for three of these designs and is the only artist to whom any of the originals have so far been traced . |
| 20 | Not that this is the only bone of contention between them , no , not by a long chalk . |
| 21 | Taylor was the first to realize that , on linguistic grounds , Swahili-land should be studied as three regions ; he was the first to study in depth the phenomenon of aspiration in Swahili ; he was the first and ( with the exception of H. E. Lambert ) the only European to compose and publish Swahili poetry ; he is the only European to have caused a new genre to be introduced to Swahili poetry , ‘ mahadhi ya Tela ’ ( Taylor 's tune ) . |
| 22 | The Architectural History degree at Edinburgh University is the only honours degree course in architectural history available in a British university . |
| 23 | I insist upon conquering the wills of children betimes ; because this is the only foundation for a religious education … religion is nothing else but the doing the will of God , and not our own … |
| 24 | My hon. Friend is right : economic stability is the only foundation for the sound development of democracy . |
| 25 | Forward is the only way . |
| 26 | He has been telling them that both the Soviet Union and the United States have reiterated their support for the league 's plan and that political reform is the only way for the Lebanese to solve their crisis . |
| 27 | Although Lord Rees-Mogg 's confession that he is not a modernist can just about explain his neglect of artists such as Schoenberg , Proust , Kafka , Beckett and Auden , sheer ignorance is the only way in which one can account for the omission of Charles Sherrington , Alan Hodgkin , Lord Adrian and David Hubel , to name but four in neurophysiology ; Rutherford , Bohr , Planck , Heisenberg , Dirac and Gell-Man in physics . |
| 28 | It is the only way to give both people and the countryside a breathing space . |
| 29 | Everybody producing music for sale to the public has the same problem : because making music costs money , selling product ( records , tapes and CDs ) is the only way to survive . |
| 30 | But with his placement of Modernism in the lineage of Nietzsche , and as such at odds with Marx and Freud as the real motors of that ‘ true radicalisation of the Enlightenment ’ ( p. 120 ) which is the only way ahead , something more serious is at stake . |